Brew Views: Rock ’n’ Roll High School

Subterranean blackboard jungle.

Essentially the Ramones’ A Hard Day’s Night, 1979’s Rock ’n’ Roll High School
takes place in a parallel dimension to our own, a Bizarro World where
preppy pretty boys pine after weirdo punk girls and Joey Ramone is a
teen idol. It’s self-consciously campy, but the musical
numbers—particularly the band’s grand entrance, performing “I Just Wanna
Have Something to Do” from the back of a convertible while
simultaneously gnawing on fried chicken—are legit awesome. Fun fact:
Roger Corman originally wanted to name the film Disco High. After
changing the script to focus on a rock band, the directors were unsure
who the starring group should be. As if there was any question: Who else
but the Ramones could occupy such a brilliantly stupid universe?